bourgie tastes

9.9

A liking for expensive things bought to show off

noun
/ˈbʊrʒi teɪsts/

Offensive

: gustos burgueses [despectivo]

Her bourgie tastes were evident in her love of designer handbags and gourmet coffee.

Examples

He was teased for his bourgie tastes in wine and artisanal cheese.
Her bourgie tastes are evident in her choice of restaurants.
Despite growing up in a small town, she developed bourgie tastes after moving to the city.
Why does he always flaunt his bourgie tastes at parties?
He was teased for his bourgie tastes in wine and artisanal cheese.
Her bourgie tastes were evident in her love of designer handbags and gourmet coffee.
Despite growing up in a small town, she developed bourgie tastes after moving to the city.

Synonyms

highbrow taste

vsbourgie tastes

1 8.4

A liking for art, books, and food seen as very cultured

signals pretentious upper class preferences meant to display wealth or sophistication

How Pretentious

pretentiousness

Offensive

2 7.7

bourgie tastes

Offensive

9.9

casualness

3 3.7

Surface Forms

bourgie tastes singular

bourgie tastes plural

Morphology

bourgie + taste

The phrase is a straightforward adjective+noun combination: 'bourgie' (slang for bourgeois/pretentious or upper-class) modifies 'tastes' (preferences), so the meaning 'pretentious or upper-class preferences' is directly derivable from the parts. This compositional pattern is common and predictable, so a learner who knows both constituents will comprehend the expression.

Etymology

Bourgie tastes comes from bourgie (from the French bourgeois), a word for people with money, and tastes meaning likes or choices. Imagine someone picking fancy wine, designer bags and gourmet coffee to show they belong to that class. That's why bourgie tastes means 'pretentious or upper-class preferences'.